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JAMES SUCKLING: "A wine full of finesse and class with fantastic length and polish. Medium to full body with ultra-fine tannins that run endlessly down the length of the wine. Blackberry, graphite and spice. Agile and weightless."
96
DECANTER: "Dark chocolate, perfume, violets, wild flowers and bramble berries on the nose, so much going on aromatically. Lovely succulence straight away, the bright acidity giving a mouthwatering effect and really delivering in terms of vibrant and lively fruit forwardness but with these lovely edges of graphite, slate, bitter chocolate, cream and salinity. So elegant and so refined as well as super stylish. I also love the cooling menthol Cabernet aspects you get all the way through and on the long finish. This has real class, but also an effortless quality to it that is so remarkable. One of the most memorable wines of the vintage! 3.37pH. Both Canon, Rauzan-Segla and Berliquet are excellent achievements this year."
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97
WINE ENTHUSIAST: "95–97. Barrel Sample. Red and black fruits mingle with the firm structure of this dense wine. The tannins are solid while the ripe berry flavors show well against the wine's richness."
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96
THE WINE ADVOCATE: "A brilliant wine in the making, the 2021 Canon offers up aromas of cherries, wild berries, licorice, sweet soil tones, raw cocoa, Indian spices and rose petals. Medium to full-bodied, layered and multidimensional, it's immensely refined and seamless, with a lively spine of acidity, ripe tannins and a long, penetrating, intensely saline finish. This beautifully balanced Canon is one of the classiest, most complete wines of the Right Bank in this vintage. Tasted four times."
18,5
WEINWISSER: "71 % Merlot, 29 % Cabernet Franc, 13.5 Vol.-%. Subtiles Bouquet, rote Kirsche, frischgepflückte Johannisbeere, Sandelholz, Kardamom und verführerischer Iris-Duft. Am komplexen Gaumen mit seidiger Textur, salzigem Extrakt, magischer Balance, engmaschigem Tanningerüst und perfekt geformtem Körper. Im energiegeladenen Finale Schattenmorellen-Nektar (frz. Griotte), dunkles Graphit, Koriander und erhabene Adstringenz."
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96
THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER: "The nose stands out with its nuances of flowers, crushed stones, spearmint, cigar wrapper, red plums, fresh cherries, herbs, and a touch of fennel. The wine is all about its freshness, purity, energy and elegant nature, finishing with silky tannins with their trademark touch of salt, mint leaf, and sweet, vibrant red berries. The wine blends 71% Merlot with 29% Cabernet Franc, 13.5% ABV. The harvest took place September 16 - October 6. Drink from 2026-2055. 94-96"
18
VINUM: "Delikate, perfekt abgestimmte Ausbauwürze, Johannisbeere; hoher Fruchtausdruck auch im Mund, ungemein saftige Entwicklung, grosse, sehnige Länge, seidiges Tannin; besonders stimmiger, echt schmackhafter Wein."
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95
JEB DUNNUCK: "From a château you can't go wrong with, the 2021 Château Canon is another head-turning, elegant, seamless wine that comes from unquestionably one of the greatest terroirs on the upper plateau of Saint-Emilion. Based on 71% Merlot and 29% Cabernet Franc that hit 13.55% alcohol, it will spend 18 months in 50% new barrels. It shows the vintage's fresher, elegant style beautifully, with lots of perfumed red fruits, spice, flowers, and chalky notes. These carry to a medium-bodied, seamless, elegant Saint-Emilion that has supple tannins, a notable sense of freshness (although I suspect the pH is solid), and a great finish."
94
FALSTAFF: "Dunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Feine rote Waldbeerenfrucht, florale Nuancen, ein Hauch von Preiselbeeren, zarte Edelholznuancen, einladender Duft. Saftig, frisch strukturiert, feine Tannine, finessenreich und gut anhaftend, zarte Fruchtsüße im Abgang, ein lebendiger Speisenbegleiter, insgesamt harmonisch und sehr appetitlich."
17
JANCIS ROBINSON: "71% Merlot, 29% Cabernet Franc. Cask sample. Reserved at present. Floral notes as the wine opens. Texturally very elegant, the tannins extremely polished and fine. Compact, concise. Less wow this year but clean and refreshing and enough fruit for ageing. (JL)"
